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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Word agreement

0Please divide the following sentence into members:02br
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01b00She has found relatives whom she never knew existed.02b02br
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00I do not understand where 01b00exhisted 02b00belongs and how it agrees with 01b00whom.02b02br
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00Thank you.02br
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0She has found relatives whom she never knew 01font 00[have]02font 00 existed. The present perfect implies the relatives are still alive. Without [have] it implies that they passed away.

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  • 0She has found relatives whom she never knew 01font 00[have]02font 00 existed.
  • The present perfect implies the relatives are still alive.
  • Without [have] it implies that they passed away.
  • 02br 02br 00Existed in the context you presented is a past participle used as adjective IMO.
  • I think [have] is needed in this context to make better sense.
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0She has found relatives whom she never knew 01font00[have]02font00 existed. The present perfect implies the relatives are still alive. Without [have] it implies that they passed away. How could she find the dead relatives?02br
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00Existed in the context you presented is a past participle used as adjective IMO. I think [have] i
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0Is 'existed' a participle? How can it be used as an adjective?02br
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00Then 'whom.. existed' - must by Complex Object?0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Please divide the following sentence into members:12br
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11b10She has found relatives whom she never knew existed.12b12br
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10I do not understand where 11b10exhisted 12b10belongs and how it agrees with 11b10whom.12b
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